I bought an abandoned school to live in! House tour! Episode 1

Congratulations! May your pockets be deep and your patience plentiful.

Please don’t just rip out all the bushes! They are worth a fortune and add value to your property. Just have someone (if you can’t do it yourself) trim and shape them. It will be interesting to watch as you renovate this beautiful property!

The potential is off the charts. Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Be careful! Test for asbestos and lead paint.

Please don't mow down all the beautiful 🙏 shrubs and trees. Trimming is all that is necessary. ❤

You can totally turn the compound into beds & breakfast with your home attached.

10:03 - "Here's a tampon dispenser... I don't know why..." LOL (spoken like a true man!) lol

So glad it wasn’t vandalised it looks like a mansion . Gonna be watching every video 👍👍👍

Don't arbitrarily rip out all that mature shrubbery! Be selective. Some of it can just be trimmed. Once you have dealt with the gutter and roof issues you can see what local zoning and building codes will permit you to do. Both the main house and the annex have the potential for several apartments. There are two stairways to each level, the electrical system may not need many upgrades, and you have lots of plumbing already in place. As you do your planning, I hope you will show us floor plans for each area.

I am excited to follow your journey. One suggestion I have, slow down when moving the camera around. It was making me dizzy.

OMG, what a dream! Amazing house! I hope You have 67 children to fill all of those bedrooms 💀

Please don't cut down ALL the trees and shrubs, just the ones that are damaging the foundations or completely blocking the windows. Please be careful. Once they're gone, that's it. Don't know what those pink flowering trees were, but they're beautiful. ❤

Congratulations! You need to research the history of your new place so you can find out the original layout and uses of each room. I assume it was a grand mansion that was later turned into a school. For example, those rooms off the kitchen were probably butler’s pantries. The upper floor may have been servant quarters. Discovering its history will be fun.

What a grand house with so much potential. I will be interested to watch the progress as you restore it back to a private residence again.

This building has a lot of charm, I like the architecture

Idk how this place hasn't been vandalized to hell and back in the two years its been abandoned.

Awesome purchase, very interested to see your progress on this very large project. I have worked most of my life in construction management. My suggestion to people on large projects like this is always start with your roof and getting your gutters and downspouts 100% working. That damage to the back door was caused by the gutters and downspouts not working correctly. Those downspouts are connected to underground drains, make sure the work before you spend any money on the rest of this project. Trust me, if your building is not dry nothing else matters. Who knows you might read this and you might not. Once you know you're going to keep the building dry it will be easier to plan the next steps. I would love to see an inspection report on this property, I kind of geek out on coming up with solutions and priority list for homes and buildings. Take care!

That doesn’t look like a school it looks like a mansion so pretty!!! The landscaping all of it!! Congratulations!!

Since it was a residency school or orphanage, sinks in bedrooms usually indicate either nurses or nurseries. The two small kitchens lead into that assumption also to accommodate babies, infants, toddlers. Wonderful property! Thanks for the tour.

Keep the pink vintage bath for sure. You can’t find quality like that today. Even the tile was great.